Goddess Lalita

śrīrājarājeśvaryāḥ stutiḥ

(Sri Rajarajeshwari Stutih (Rajarajeshwari Ashtakam) in English (IAST))

Rajanaka Vidyadhara

Also known as shri rajarajeshwari stutih (rajarajeshwari ashtakam) · shree rajarajeshwari stutih (rajarajeshwari ashtakam) · rajarajeshwari stutih (rajarajeshwari ashtakam)

Eight verses by Rajanaka Vidyadhara, and the goddess they praise is language itself. The first sets out the claim: her wealth is all the letters from a to ksha, her form is the matrika, she is the potency of mantra and the nectar-essence whose tasting gives joy, the wave in the ocean-womb of all feeling, pervading the truth of word and of meaning — may that Sarasvati, that Bhagavati, that Rajarajeshvari protect me. Each verse after it closes the same way, on the triple naming, so that Sarasvati and Rajarajeshvari are held together as one throughout. Rajanaka in the colophon is a Kashmirian title, and the hymn's interest in word, meaning and the letters is of a piece with it.

|| oṃ namaḥ parāśaktaye ||
|| śrīrājarājeśvaryāḥ stutiḥ athavā rājarājeśvaryaṣṭakam ||
ādikṣānta samastavarṇavibhavā yāmātṛkārūpiṇī
mantravīrya parāmṛtarasā svādātsukhadāyinī |
bhāvavrāta samudragarbhalaharī śabdārthatattvavyāpinī
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśvarī || 1||
vācya vācaka sārapūrṇa vibhavā devī ṣaḍadhvāśrayā
śrīcakrāntaravahṇikoṇa nilayāyā bindumātrātmikā |
sūkṣmātsūkṣmatarā parāmṛtamayī nityaṃ jagattarpinī
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśvarī || 2||
pūrṇāhantvavimarśa pāvanakarī nityaṃ malakṣālinī
bhaktānāṃ bhavabhīti bhañjanakarī hṛtpaṅkaje saṃsthitā |
bāhyābhyantaracāriṇī surasato haṃsenayā sevitā
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśvarī || 3||
ūrdhvādhaḥ sthitanāḍivṛndavibhave sañjīvikāmadhyamā
svātmāmarśana tatparaiśca satataṃ bhaktaiḥ khalu prāpyate |
mūlād brahmabilāvadhitaḍidivayā brahmanāḍī smṛtā
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśvarī || 4||
varṇāvarṇanivarṇa bheda nivahātatrāpyabhedātmikā
vedāntāgamatantra sāra mahimāṣaḍdarśanollaṅghinī |
sarvācāra vicāra pālana parāyānirgatā cārakā
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśvarī || 5||
oṃ tatsaditināmabhirnigaditā sarvāgame yogibhiḥ
tatprāṇānta vicāryabhakta nibahaiḥ hrītamiva śaṣpavat |
aindraṃ-dhāma vihāya kṣīṇakaluṣairmokṣāya yā svīkṛtā
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśvarī || 6||
sauraṃ jyotiridamapi parimitaṃhrītaṃ tathā yatpadāt
oṃityetadvimarśanena satataṃ sarvamidaṃ svātmani |
raktestatpada prepsubhiñca munibhiḥsvasthai sadāsvīkṛtaṃ
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśverī || 7||
taisttairyogivaraiḥ sadā kaviyaśonakraṃ dinaṃ yatpada-
dhyānāvasthita tad gatena manasā prāptaṃ mahat nirmalama |
mokṣaṃ bhogaṃ dadāti yā prabhuditā vidyādharairvanditā
sā māṃ pātu sarasvatī bhagavatī śrīrājarājeśvarī || 8||
|| iti śrīrājarājeśvaryāḥ stutiḥ rājānaka vidyādhara viracitā śubhāyāstu ||
|| iti śivam ||

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